K2PM’s Interesting Experience With His 80-Meter Sloper Array

n 1966, I was in the army, stationed in Darmstadt, Germany, where I became custodian of a class A MARS station, AE1DZC. I became DL4PM. Through unusual circumstances (I wasn’t aware DX could be worked on 80!), I became acquainted with the “European DX Group,” which consisted at the time of GW3AX, LA5KG, DK1FW, and ON4UN, among others. I became fascinated with the propagation. We knew propagation favored twilight long before the term “grayline” was established. Some of the strongest U.S. signals on 80 came from W1FRR and W1HKK, who both used